Work & commute · Wolfforth

Work & commute in Wolfforth, TX

Most working residents leave Wolfforth for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lubbock (66%), Dallas (1%) and Midland (1%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

242 of 2,883 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,641 Wolfforth residents head out of town to work, 242 work right here, and 2,734 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wolfforth.

2,641live here, work elsewhere

242live and work here

2,734work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wolfforth goes to work

Lubbock7.7 mi away

66%1,898

Wolfforth (in town)right here

8%242

Dallas307 mi away

1%37

Midland102.8 mi away

1%36

Levelland21.3 mi away

1%32

Amarillo117.3 mi away

1%31

Odessa114.2 mi away

1%17

Austin333.7 mi away

1%15

Houston466.3 mi away

0%13

San Antonio346.7 mi away

0%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%550

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wolfforth commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

65%

17%

65%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wolfforth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wolfforth are

2,976 jobs are based in Wolfforth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wolfforth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wolfforth

2,976 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Wolfforth residents hold

2,883 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+51%

Jobs based in Wolfforth, 2013 → 2023: 1,975 → 2,976. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.